‘Persian Gulf. Further proceedings relative to the plunder of two boats by the Chief of Junna in September 1851.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Further proceedings relative to the plunder of two boats by the Chief of Junna in September 1851.’
- Date:
- 1852/1853
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. The political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the second in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain].The item concerns the alleged plunder of two boats by Hummud bin Mujuddil [Ḥamad bin Majdal al-‘Umayrī. Multiple spellings for this name are present in the item] of Junnah [Jana], also referred to as ‘the Amaieer [‘Amāyir] Chief’. The attack took place in September 1851, but the Court of Directors have requested that further investigation be made, and in particular that the fates of the people taken captive are ascertained, and redress made. The item includes a statement of sale produced by Hajee Jassem with details of the sales of the prisoners captured by Hummud bin Mujuddil, as well as a letter from Kemball to Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa, Chief of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain].The item contains a table of contents (f 443), and the title page (f 442) contains the following references: Draft N[umber] 358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 84 of 1853. Vol. 2’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 442 and terminates at f 457, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Compensation
Seizure of vessels and cargoes
Prisoners
Chief of the ‘Amāyir - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108905210.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108905210.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2550/149198
IOR/F/4/2550/149198